tdd

tdd is a command for Cursor from emaraschio/cursor-commands. It costs 32 tokens per session (654 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for practising test-driven development, or TDD: describe the behaviour, write one failing test, add the smallest code that passes it, then optionally clean up the code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to clarify requirements, create one test at a time, implement each behaviour, report progress, and refactor after the tests are passing.
Why use it?
It turns a feature into small, reviewable steps and catches misunderstandings early. It also pauses when existing tests already fail and requires approval between cycles.

Command for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/emaraschio/cursor-commands/tdd
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emaraschio/cursor-commands

Made for: Cursor.

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README.md
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Per session 32 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 654 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00032 $0.00654
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.00327
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00131
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00065

Measured 5d ago against content hash 1a2449dc7d04, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

tdd scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/commands/tdd.md · 46 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 46 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Overview

Guide a specify-encode-fulfill TDD session on the host project's test framework: clarify specs, one failing test per cycle, minimal code to green, user approval before continuing. Full workflow: .cursor/skill-contracts/tdd/SKILL.md (user install: ~/.cursor/skill-contracts/tdd/SKILL.md).

Defaults

Setting Default
Loop Specify → one failing test → minimal fulfill → behavior commit → optional refactor
Tests per cycle One
Specification form Under scenario A, X happens; under scenario B, Y happens
Pre-existing failures Pause; fix or stash before continuing
RSpec examples .cursor/skill-contracts/tdd/appendix-rspec-examples.md (fallback: ~/.cursor/skill-contracts/tdd/appendix-rspec-examples.md)

Steps

  1. Read .cursor/skill-contracts/tdd/SKILL.md for the full agent contract; if that file is missing, read ~/.cursor/skill-contracts/tdd/SKILL.md.
  2. Execute clarify → specification list → kitchen check → one-test cycles with approvals.
  3. Report progress per cycle; do not batch tests or skip approval gates.

Anti-patterns

  • One failing test per cycle, minimal code to green. Trigger: starting a TDD cycle. Wrong: writing the whole test suite up front, or adding speculative code beyond the current failing test. Correct: encode one failing test, then write just enough code to pass it. Reason: batching tests or speculative code abandons the red-green loop that keeps the design honest.
  • Assert concrete behavior, never vague correctness. Trigger: writing a test assertion. Wrong: asserting "works correctly" or "handles properly" without stating the expected outcome. Correct: assert the specific expected result for the scenario. Reason: vague assertions pass without proving the behavior, so they catch no regression.
  • Keep behavior commits clean and the suite green. Trigger: ready to commit a behavior change. Wrong: committing with unrelated failing tests, or mixing refactoring into the behavior commit. Correct: commit the behavior change alone on a green suite, then refactor separately. Reason: mixed or red commits make history hard to bisect and hide what actually changed.

Read the full file on GitHub · 46 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 46 lines · 32 tokens per session scan A 1a2449dc7d04

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tdd is a command published in the GitHub repository emaraschio/cursor-commands (9 stars, last pushed 28d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 32 tokens to every session and 654 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.